Plan to build a new lifesaving club, cafe and meeting room complex at Brighton beach stalls at tribunal
THE new multi-million dollar Brighton Life Saving Club project has hit a snag, with work now not set to start until at least next year.
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THE new multi-million dollar Brighton Life Saving Club project has hit a snag, with work now not set to start until at least next year.
The $8 million Dendy St Beach development, which includes a new club centre, public toilets, better foreshore access, a 60-seat cafe and a community room, has been stalled due to technical problems with the application.
Objectors had railed against the plan and took it to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, who told the council ‘new use’ permits were now required for the club, the cafe and the community room.
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Bayside Mayor Alex del Porto said he was “disappointed and frustrated” at the delay.
“The existing lifesaving facility is in a poor state of repair and does not meet the Brighton Life Saving Club’s needs to ensure the safety of beachgoers over the busy summer months,” Cr del Porto said.
“Council had previously been advised that the proposal did not require a permit as it was being carried out by council in its duty as a public land manager.”
Brighton Life Saving Club director Tim Bolton said it was “extremely frustrating that a vocal minority” were delaying the Bayside community getting a facility they needed.
“The clubroom is falling down around our ears,” Mr Bolton said.
“It has been a very, very long process to date, eventually it will happen, we are confident of that.”
Objector Kristin Stegley said in their view the community did want a new life saving club, which they fully supported, but not a cafe or meeting room.
“We believe these uses — the cafe and the multifunction space — are not appropriate for this site,” Ms Stegley said.
“The council needs to discuss how this will impact the amenity of the community.”
The next VCAT hearing has been set down for November.
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